1 Samuel 15:24-28
1 Samuel 15:24
Then Saul said to Samuel, “I have sinned, for I have violated the command of the Lord and your words, because I feared the people and listened to their voice.
1 Samuel 15:25
Now then, please pardon my sin and return with me, so that I may worship the Lord.”
1 Samuel 15:26
But Samuel said to Saul, “I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of the Lord, and the Lord has rejected you from being king over Israel.”
1 Samuel 15:27
Then Samuel turned to go, but Saul grasped the edge of his robe, and it tore off.
1 Samuel 15:28
So Samuel said to him, “The Lord has torn the kingdom of Israel from you today and has given it to your neighbor, who is better than you.